Cardiorespiratory values of Pichincha professional soccer referees

Abstract

Introduction: Physical endurance capacity is one of the indicators of professional performance in soccer, not excepting referee professionals, who require specialized training based on their physical capabilities; Therefore, it is useful to know their performances.

Objective: Determine the real parameters of cardiorespiratory fitness at maximum progressive effort, of soccer referees from Pichincha.

Methods: 25 male referees intentionally selected from the Pichincha professional soccer referee association are studied. After a previous health examination, a progressive stress test was performed on a treadmill, with an oxygen consumption reader. Referees have an average experience of 11 years, train 3-4 days a week, and referee official matches 1-2 times a week.

Results: The overall average value of relative maximum oxygen consumption (VO2max) of the referees evaluated in the present study is: c= 52.00 ml·kg-1·min-1, similar to that obtained in other international studies on the capacity physics assessment in referees, who describe relative vo2max values of 46-51 ml·kg-1·min-1 for men.

Conclusions: the professional skills of Ecuadorian arbitration are similar in resistance capacity to their foreign counterparts. An implementation of training content based on improving cardiorespiratory fitness in refereeing, as well as its systematic control, is suggested.